How to track forwarded email
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susovanchanda
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How to track forwarded email
Hi All,
I have sent an email to multiple recipients using PHP mail function. Now I want to track this email i.e. I want to know the recipients who have forwarded the email and the list of email addresses whom it has been forwarded to.
Can anyone suggest me how this can be done using PHP?
Regards,
Susovan Chanda
I have sent an email to multiple recipients using PHP mail function. Now I want to track this email i.e. I want to know the recipients who have forwarded the email and the list of email addresses whom it has been forwarded to.
Can anyone suggest me how this can be done using PHP?
Regards,
Susovan Chanda
- Chris Corbyn
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You can't very easily do that at all. The only way you'd be able to coneivably to do this is by forcing them to use your mail server when forwarding the mail. I'm not sure how read reciepts work but that's not really what you're needing anyway.
/me realises he should learn how to request read reciepts
/me realises he should learn how to request read reciepts
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susovanchanda
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How to track forwarded email
Is there anyway to implement this?
- Chris Corbyn
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Don't use email for something like this... And if you're going to, make sure every recipient is using YOUR mail server so you can scan the messages as the get sent. I could go into detail on how to do that but it's complex if you don't know what you're doing (you need to write a system filter for your MTA). Is there a reason you need to use email as opposed to something that stays on the server?
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Most people I know (using Thunderbird/Outlook Express) have disabled sending read receipts automatically.d11wtq wrote: /me realises he should learn how to request read reciepts
The best susovanchanda could hope for then is that a recipient agrees to sending a receipt - which I doubt.
Seems like you're really into tracking emails... For one thing - some people use web based email interfaces. Nobody in his or her right mind would allow javascript to be executed on that page.susovanchanda wrote:Hello,
Can anyone tell me whether its possible to add some javascript codes in the HTML email body?
Regards
Susovan Chanda
The same is true for email clients. Some support(ed) javascript, others don't. It's all a question of security.
aerodromoi
ps: Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I get the impression that the email you're trying to build...
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susovanchanda
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How to track forwarded email
See I am going to implement a project that will be able to track the recipient addresses implicitly. It will neither depend on which email client is used by the recipient nor will it expect that any receipt from the recipient.
However till now what I have done that it can keep track of domain names as well as number of times the mail has been opened. I need to track the recipient addresses also.
However till now what I have done that it can keep track of domain names as well as number of times the mail has been opened. I need to track the recipient addresses also.
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I was thinking more of creating a plugin for Swift for other people to use if they really wanted to.... granted, it's not reliable but there could be some use for itaerodromoi wrote:Most people I know (using Thunderbird/Outlook Express) have disabled sending read receipts automatically.d11wtq wrote: /me realises he should learn how to request read reciepts
The best susovanchanda could hope for then is that a recipient agrees to sending a receipt - which I doubt.
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Re: How to track forwarded email
I'm not really sure whether I should welcome this idea...susovanchanda wrote:See I am going to implement a project that will be able to track the recipient addresses implicitly. It will neither depend on which email client is used by the recipient nor will it expect that any receipt from the recipient.
However till now what I have done that it can keep track of domain names as well as number of times the mail has been opened. I need to track the recipient addresses also.
aerodromoi
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Re: How to track forwarded email
Agreed - the thought of that happening without my knowledge or consent is somewhat uncomfortable...aerodromoi wrote:I'm not really sure whether I should welcome this idea...
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